Greylorn; Please consider my following responses. Gee, Let's see. Last response from you on another thread in which I tried to assist you with computer glitches, was to be called a "shit" for introducing concepts that I happen to believe are valid. Well, thank you, Gracious Bitch. Tweaked you, did I...

WanderingLands; Hello Gee - thank you for your insights, especially bringing reincarnation into the issue and even talking about how pigs were used for medicine and the question of genetic similarities with humans. You are very welcome. I enjoy a lot of your threads. You are a bit of a rebel, but at...

WanderingLands; I have been reading your very interesting thread off and on, and my computer is working at the moment, so I wanted to respond while I can. First I should state that I know little about evolution beyond the meaning of the word, and I have never studied it -- Darwinian or otherwise. Yo...

Bill; Are you talking about the "thumbs up or down" or the "like or dislike" features on some forums? If so, then I would agree that the "like" feature is a good idea as it encourages people to write better posts, but the "dislike" part of that feature is often abused. The "dislike" part encourages ...

Marsh8472; You are confusing me. Your title states that you are interested in proving that consciousness exists outside of the brain, but your entire thread is about the brain. That is a lot like trying to prove that trees exist outside of the house by studying the sofa and the cutlery. I've been tr...

Gee - Some of the philosophical counselors use the Socratic Method to help people find truth, and it is true that the Socratic Method is very much like Freud's analysis. But again, a person can lead you to a place where you need to go with their questions, or they can lead you to a place where they...

It is true that science can not with any accuracy state where the mind is located, what it is made up of, or even prove that it exists, so of course, they would consider study of the mind as a soft science. What amazes me is that science does not seem to have any problem with using this 'soft scien...

You don't respect anyone who hits you. Quite the opposite. You might fear them, or be revolted by them, but never respect. Countries where it's illegal to hit your children: Vegetariantaxidermy; Consider that when a person says, "Show some respect!" or when they say, "Respect your elders.", they ar...

HexHammer; It is true that many people believe that philosophy has outlived itself, even Steven Hawkins stated that philosophy is dead. This just goes to show that even the brightest minds can be wrong. Religion can not replace philosophy because it is more interested in faith than in truth. Scienc...

Should one be well versed in psychology before doing philosophical counseling? Also what forms of philosophy would be most suitable for counseling purposes? PhilX Phil; I had never heard of 'philosophical counseling' and thought that you were making chit up. But no, it does exist. My first impressi...

It's always good to know psychology, eventually humans will be involved in the end result, I don't really know of any project that doesn't involve humans in one way or other. ..but why would anyone reasonable intelligent waste time on philosophical counseling? Philosophy is outdated, deal with it! ...

Henry; I agree with your position regarding the difference between 'witness' and 'agent', and your statement below is also true, but there are other considerations. You can read all the books about fucking you like, interview a thousand folks on the subject, and watch porn till your right arm grows ...